No surprise there. The 6-6 wing in the 2018 class carries a consensus four-star ranking from the major recruiting outlets.

In recent weeks, however, Brand said he's become more impressed with the humility and character of Anderson the person.

"He wants to be coached. He wants to be pushed," said Brand, who spent the past two seasons as an assistant at Warren Central. "I couldn't ask, coming into a head coaching situation, for a better player with his attitude, not only his talent."

Purdue was the first Big Ten Conference program to offer Anderson a scholarship. Michigan followed, and Indiana and Michigan State are also following the Junior All-Star.

Anderson was back in West Lafayette on Thursday for the Purdue Shootout — the last of the team camps prior to the July evaluation period. He said he has approached Brand's tutelage with the same enthusiasm he gives anyone who can help him realize his growing potential.

"I'm taking advice from all types of people, especially coaches, to see what I need to work on with my game so I can get to the next level and be able to perform," Anderson said.

Brand calls Anderson "the complete package" — with a few caveats. The lanky small forward needs to gain strength. Anderson also approached Brand about improving his ballhandling — something they've been working on recently.

Anderson shot 35 percent from 3-point range last season while averaging 24 points per game. He said he could always shoot, but he had to refine his form due to two separate growth spurts before and after his eighth-grade year.

"The kid can stroke it and he can stroke it from deep," said Brand, who spent time on staffs at Baylor, Texas State and New Mexico State. "You cannot give him any room. And he's a better athlete than I thought.

"He's got some speed and he can really get up and down the floor, but he's got a gift when it comes to shooting the basketball."

Anderson projects as a big shooting guard or a '3' at the college level. He's taking nothing for granted, however. He wants to prove he can defend at least three positions and said he wants to spend time at the '1' as well.

"I want to be a better overall player with everything — ballhandling, getting my teammates involved — everything I need to work on," Anderson said.